FA Cup semi final and NOT on the tv

[TheAngryDog]

I cannot believe it. The FA Cup semi final is not on the tv today!! That is disgusting!! Wouldve been different if Chelsea etc had of been in the semi today!! Just because it's Hull City v Sheffield United, they don't show it.

Big let down

[anonymous-user]

It is.

[Digger]

I have sky sports. Is it me or is BT sport exceedingly expensive!?


OP is a pauper obviously

[TheAngryDog]

Not a pauper, but none of the pubs are showing it and I don't have sky at my gfs

[anonymous-user]

TheAngryDog said:

Not a pauper, but none of the pubs are showing it and I don't have sky at my gfs

it's on BT sport.

if you have BT Broadband you can watch it for free - the real travesty is having it up against Liverpool, City and Chelsea.

The pay TV argument was won and lost years ago.

[TheAngryDog]

desolate said:

it's on BT sport.

if you have BT Broadband you can watch it for free - the real travesty is having it up against Liverpool, City and Chelsea.

The pay TV argument was won and lost years ago.

Got Sky BB and Virgin BB.

Not to worry, Sat in a pub beer garden with a pint of Stella on the go

[anonymous-user]

TheAngryDog said:

Sat in a pub beer garden with a pint of Stella on the go

That's the way forward!

[Blib]

Here you go.

http://www.time4tv.com/2013/08/bt-sport-1.php

[TheAngryDog]

Looks like we are in the final and in Europe! Steve Bruce should have a job for life

[bigandclever]

Good game that.

[TheAngryDog]

I'll be watching the highlights later

[markcurtains]

TheAngryDog said:

...and in Europe!

If Arsenal can manage to finish 4th. Otherwise, not so much.

[TheAngryDog]

I'm pretty sure they will manage that, though who says we cannot beat Arsenal?

[Nom de ploom]

a more pertinent question is why are the semi finals at Wembley - has contributed to the devaluing of the FA cup and omits two of the highlights of the football season, playing a big game at a neutral venue...

gone are the days of villa park '99 Giggs...

[Blib]

Nom de ploom said:

a more pertinent question is why are the semi finals at Wembley -

You know the answer.

M.O.N.E.Y.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

TheAngryDog said:

I cannot believe it. The FA Cup semi final is not on the tv today!! That is disgusting!! Wouldve been different if Chelsea etc had of been in the semi today!! Just because it's Hull City v Sheffield United, they don't show it.

Not true. The television rights were divvied up long before the participating teams were known.

[Blib]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

TheAngryDog said:

I cannot believe it. The FA Cup semi final is not on the tv today!! That is disgusting!! Wouldve been different if Chelsea etc had of been in the semi today!! Just because it's Hull City v Sheffield United, they don't show it.

Not true. The television rights were divvied up long before the participating teams were known.

ITV would have had first choice as to which match to screen. They chose the one which would potentially give them the highest viewing figures. i.e. the Arsenal match.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Blib said:

ITV would have had first choice as to which match to screen. They chose the one which would potentially give them the highest viewing figures. i.e. the Arsenal match.

Yes, true, but had it been the 4 top teams in the cup semis, 2 of them would still not have made it on to the telly. And had it been 4 lower league teams, then 2 of them would have.